Joe Brulle 👊🏽🇺🇸🔋
@jcbrul.bsky.social
Into climate risk mitigation and adaptation strategies. IT and data nerd. Web3 for climate. Energy Web Worker Node operator. I like maps. Cities are cool. Dogs. DMV sports. Tarheel basketball.
Got it. Make sure to talk shit to seagulls before starting your day at the beach.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
Seagulls don’t respect you until you speak up, according to science
You won't find us endorsing aggression towards animals very often, however, scientists have discovered that raising your voice to seagulls – especially if you're male – will make them think twice abou...
newatlas.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Got it. Make sure to talk shit to seagulls before starting your day at the beach.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
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I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
"This isn’t a maintenance bill. It’s a systems-building bill. And it positions Illinois to do something few American states have attempted: build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure rather than a social service."
A striking innovation in the Illinois Transit Bill is the explicit embrace of “regional rail”—a term that signals a complete departure from the commuter rail model that has defined suburban train service for over a century www.hsrail.org/blog/illinoi...
Illinois Quietly Rewrote the Rules: Intercity Rail is Now Transit | High Speed Rail Alliance
This new bill positions Illinois to build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure
www.hsrail.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"This isn’t a maintenance bill. It’s a systems-building bill. And it positions Illinois to do something few American states have attempted: build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure rather than a social service."
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.
Very encouraging to see small-scale fishermen demand better protections from bottom trawling
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Small-Scale Fishermen Demand EU Ban On Bottom Trawling In MPAs - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
Small-scale fishermen urge Commissioner Kadis to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas under the proposed EU Ocean Act
thefishingdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
Some happier moments for all the fellow Wizards/Bullets fans. The curse of Les Boulez lives.
November 4, 1994: Washington's Rex Chapman beats Orlando with a 20-footer at the buzzer.
Chapman finished with 21 PTS, Tom Gugliotta had 24 PTS/11 REB/3 STL and Calbert Cheaney scored 20 PTS in the Bullets' 110-108 win. Shaquille O'Neal had 28 PTS/12 REB/2 BLK to lead the Magic.
Chapman finished with 21 PTS, Tom Gugliotta had 24 PTS/11 REB/3 STL and Calbert Cheaney scored 20 PTS in the Bullets' 110-108 win. Shaquille O'Neal had 28 PTS/12 REB/2 BLK to lead the Magic.
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some happier moments for all the fellow Wizards/Bullets fans. The curse of Les Boulez lives.
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When you do the math, its gets pretty obvious.
“emerging and developing economies would generally need prices at around US$ 3-5/MBtu to make gas attractive... But delivered costs for most new export projects need to average around US$ 8/MBtu to cover their investments and operation.”
“emerging and developing economies would generally need prices at around US$ 3-5/MBtu to make gas attractive... But delivered costs for most new export projects need to average around US$ 8/MBtu to cover their investments and operation.”
The LNG bridge is starting to collapse www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
The LNG bridge is starting to collapse
Global demand for LNG is supposed to be driven by its role as a so-called "bridge" between coal and renewables. What happens when the shores it's supposed to connect keep getting closer with each pass...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When you do the math, its gets pretty obvious.
“emerging and developing economies would generally need prices at around US$ 3-5/MBtu to make gas attractive... But delivered costs for most new export projects need to average around US$ 8/MBtu to cover their investments and operation.”
“emerging and developing economies would generally need prices at around US$ 3-5/MBtu to make gas attractive... But delivered costs for most new export projects need to average around US$ 8/MBtu to cover their investments and operation.”
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
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“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period.
“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period.
“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
If you want to know how Operation Midway Blitz is going, this is a good summary from @dlknowles.bsky.social
Wonton use of tear gas around children and middle-aged dads going to Halloween parties while harassing nannies and construction workers.
🎁 article
www.economist.com/united-state...
Wonton use of tear gas around children and middle-aged dads going to Halloween parties while harassing nannies and construction workers.
🎁 article
www.economist.com/united-state...
Tear gas and Halloween costumes in America’s third-largest city
Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago is out of hand
www.economist.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you want to know how Operation Midway Blitz is going, this is a good summary from @dlknowles.bsky.social
Wonton use of tear gas around children and middle-aged dads going to Halloween parties while harassing nannies and construction workers.
🎁 article
www.economist.com/united-state...
Wonton use of tear gas around children and middle-aged dads going to Halloween parties while harassing nannies and construction workers.
🎁 article
www.economist.com/united-state...
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At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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One week from today our state reps have the opportunity not to prop up our 1980s transit system for another few years, but to set the foundation for truly transformational change and get the ball rolling on bringing Chicagoland transit into the 21st Century.
The time is now for #RevenuesAndReform.
The time is now for #RevenuesAndReform.
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
One week from today our state reps have the opportunity not to prop up our 1980s transit system for another few years, but to set the foundation for truly transformational change and get the ball rolling on bringing Chicagoland transit into the 21st Century.
The time is now for #RevenuesAndReform.
The time is now for #RevenuesAndReform.
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Dig 10 feet underground, anywhere on Earth, and the ground temperature will be a balmy 50 to 60° Fahrenheit (10-15° C). When you tap that ambient heat and hook it up to a heat pump, it becomes the world’s most efficient form of heating and cooling.
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dig 10 feet underground, anywhere on Earth, and the ground temperature will be a balmy 50 to 60° Fahrenheit (10-15° C). When you tap that ambient heat and hook it up to a heat pump, it becomes the world’s most efficient form of heating and cooling.
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Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
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Today on Volts: Redwood Materials, the biggest battery recycler in the US, has launched Redwood Energy, which will gather used batteries & hook them up to power banks to serve as grid-scale storage until they're depleted. I talk with the CTO about the logistics & potential of second-life batteries.
Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?
Colin Campbell explains how Redwood drains every drop of capacity from used batteries before they are recycled.
www.volts.wtf
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today on Volts: Redwood Materials, the biggest battery recycler in the US, has launched Redwood Energy, which will gather used batteries & hook them up to power banks to serve as grid-scale storage until they're depleted. I talk with the CTO about the logistics & potential of second-life batteries.
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Today on SHIFT KEY: we talk with the intrepid CEO of a company on a quest to slash the cost drilling boreholes for ground source heat pumps (aka geothermal heating & cooling). The prize? How we heat & cool every building! Listen @heatmap.news or wherever you get your pods. 🔗⤵️
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today on SHIFT KEY: we talk with the intrepid CEO of a company on a quest to slash the cost drilling boreholes for ground source heat pumps (aka geothermal heating & cooling). The prize? How we heat & cool every building! Listen @heatmap.news or wherever you get your pods. 🔗⤵️
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America's billion-dollar disasters since 1980 had a collective cost = France's GDP in 2024.
Some takeaways from the just-released report from @climatecentral.org:
Some takeaways from the just-released report from @climatecentral.org:
US Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Count In 2025 Is 14 Through June | Weather.com
A just-released report found one weather disaster dwarfed all others so far this year. But one kind of weather disaster was by far most frequent in 2025 through June.
weather.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
America's billion-dollar disasters since 1980 had a collective cost = France's GDP in 2024.
Some takeaways from the just-released report from @climatecentral.org:
Some takeaways from the just-released report from @climatecentral.org:
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
Oooh spicy. Would Illinois be better off managing its own grid? I always thought the PJM and MISO split was weird. Plus required 6 GW of grid-level battery storage.
"Illinois’ largest utilities, ComEd and Ameren, said they’re neutral on the bill, though officials from both have been actively involved in hearings." This quote encapsulates a lot of what I find in my research regarding monopoly investor-owned utilities. (1/2)
www.eenews.net/articles/ill...
www.eenews.net/articles/ill...
Illinois lawmakers clash on how to shield consumers from rising energy bills
The General Assembly could vote this month to boost grid-scale battery storage and study the benefits of Illinois running its own grid.
www.eenews.net
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oooh spicy. Would Illinois be better off managing its own grid? I always thought the PJM and MISO split was weird. Plus required 6 GW of grid-level battery storage.